Mountains and Seas as Home! Heed Master Li's Teachings! Far-Sighted Plans! Unite Nanyang's Forces! Cover for the Future!

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Singapore was the commercial center of Britain's Straits Settlements.

It guarded the Strait of Malacca, controlling most merchant ships traveling between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.

Its importance was plain for all to see.

Britain had poured vast resources and military forces into Singapore to ensure its monopoly.

As early as 1887, the colonizers had begun building up the city on a grand scale.

Sir Raffles, the founder of Singapore, built the largest and most lavishly decorated hotel of its day in the city center: Raffles Hotel.

Even in later generations, the hotel remained an iconic landmark of Singapore and a famous tourist destination.

Li Qiwei checked into Raffles Hotel with his entire family and received a warm welcome from the hotel staff.

Many guests recognized him and came forward to greet him.

With his two wives beside him, Li Qiwei handled them all with ease, the envy of everyone around him.

Raffles Hotel was a typical Victorian-style building, with white walls, English-style corridors, and towering round columns.

Inside, the lofty ceilings, exquisite chandeliers, and expensive wooden furnishings created an atmosphere of luxury and elegance.

It was not the hotel's fame or extravagance that Li Qiwei valued.

Compared to this place, his residence in Borneo was far grander.

Chinese aesthetics were what he truly loved.

His main concern was safety.

The hotel stood in the core district of the British colonizers, where soldiers carrying long rifles could be seen patrolling everywhere.

At present, his relationship with Britain was still in its honeymoon period, and mutual trust could be maintained.

No matter how insane those villains were, surely they would not dare run wild here.

After settling Wang Luyao and the others, Li Qiwei left behind a security team.

He took Huo